Cryogenic stasis

Cryogenic stasis, otherwise known as cryostasis or cryogenic suspension, was a form of stasis induced by exposure to low temperatures within a cryogenic chamber of some kind. For humanoid lifeforms, this caused sleep that appeared very much like death.

A trading post on the edge of the Nekrit Expanse used cryostatic suspension as a punishment. For example, the punishment for trafficking in illicit substances was fifty years of cryostatic imprisonment. Wixiban asked Neelix if he would like it if he was put in cryostatic suspension by Bahrat after a deal with Sutok went terribly wrong on his space station. (VOY: "Fair Trade")